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R/GA @rga.bsky.social · 12h

If you like tuna salad, there will always be an office sandwich waiting for you

R/GA @rga.bsky.social · 14h

Me when client asks for a response in two days: This is outrageous, how dare they

Me when AI takes longer than 15 seconds to deliver a response: This is outrageous, how dare they

R/GA @rga.bsky.social · 1d

Thinking of becoming one of those accounts that constantly cycle through the same 15-20 cute animal videos year after year

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R/GA @rga.bsky.social · 2d

The slide in the deck with a fake press headline (as if you've produced the idea and now it's famous) is like that 5 mins after buying a Mega Millions ticket when you fantasize about how your life will change once you've won

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R/GA @rga.bsky.social · 2d

My favorite way to relax on a day off is to look at Slack every few minutes like on a regular day and see that nothing is happening there

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R/GA @rga.bsky.social · 2d

Hey haven't heard from you in a while... just thought you'd like to know even Xfinity Assistant texted to make sure I'm doing OK in this nor'easter, if you care

R/GA @rga.bsky.social · 5d

Being on a project where you have more than two hours to think and everyone isn't in a state of shrieking panic feels very disorienting and uncomfortable. It's not for me.

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R/GA @rga.bsky.social · 6d

"We're rewriting the playbook" you need to rewrite the actual playbook that allowed this line to see the light of day

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R/GA @rga.bsky.social · 6d

Called in sick. I fell into savings.

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R/GA @rga.bsky.social · 8d

If you're not endless, are you even possibilities

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R/GA @rga.bsky.social · 8d

Left work offsite drinks, crossed the street to get dinner at another hotel where I am currently surrounded by another company's team-bonding drinks

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R/GA @rga.bsky.social · 9d

It's NYC Advertising Week, so please take a moment today to thank an ad

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R/GA @rga.bsky.social · 10d

A new one in my LinkedIn messages: "I've been asked to reach out to you..."

I don't know if I've ever received an expression of interest so devoid of interest. I'm hooked already.

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R/GA @rga.bsky.social · 12d

One Meeting After Another

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R/GA @rga.bsky.social · 12d

The :60 isn't dead. It's alive and well in every creative's portfolio.

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R/GA @rga.bsky.social · 13d

IMPORTANT announcement about timesheets you guys are going to want to hear... It's been a long time coming, but finally we can say...

We have a new kind of timesheets.

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R/GA @rga.bsky.social · 13d

"We need a manifesto," "We're going to start a movement," OK you're scaring me right now

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R/GA @rga.bsky.social · 13d

Never meet your heroes (they all promote gambling apps)

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R/GA @rga.bsky.social · 14d

It was a great meeting, I saw lots of heads shaking

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R/GA @rga.bsky.social · 14d

I'm going to handle my next client presentation like a politician in a cable news interview:

[Client asks clear, reasonable Q] "I'm not sure what you're implying."

[Follow-up Q] "I never said that."

[Am confronted with my actual words] "You're taking my words out of context."

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R/GA @rga.bsky.social · 14d

Today marks the start of the most magical time of year. Q4. I feel sorry for people on a July 1 - June 30 fiscal calendar, honestly.

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R/GA @rga.bsky.social · 15d

Fat Generals is a great agency name, actually

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R/GA @rga.bsky.social · 15d

The sound the desktop garbage can makes when you put stuff in it is too clean. Too dry. It should be an unsavory, offputting sound. Also there should be a smell.

R/GA @rga.bsky.social · 15d

I don't know much about the economy, but daily check-in and stand-up inflation is real

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R/GA @rga.bsky.social · 15d

AI meeting notes are not feedback

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